Op-Ed on Ekantipur: Costs of Leaving Home

What befalls the silent victims of semi- and unskilled migrant workers who die in foreign soil--their children and young siblings--is the death of their dreams!

What befalls the silent victims of semi- and unskilled migrant workers who die in foreign soil--their children and young siblings--is the death of their dreams!

What I thought of, and expected from, Muslims and Arabs in general before I arrived in Qatar, and what I actually discovered about who, what and how they are as a people, based on how they treated me (and other Asians).

The details of everything that happened during the 11 nights and 12 days I spent in a Qatari jail for allegedly insulting Islam!

The fateful day I show up at the police station when I find out what I was supposedly to have said to be accused of insulting Islam and the subsequent incarceration.

All about that which happened, which I really didn't expect to happen, but had feared might happen!

In this post, I would like to share two communications that we all can learn from. The first is a comment left on the change.org petition by a former student of mine, and the second a response to that comment.…